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Language and Identity Politics: A Cross-Atlantic Perspective
Christina Spati (Ed.)
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Description for Language and Identity Politics: A Cross-Atlantic Perspective
Hardback. The studies assembled here provide a sophisticated look at one of the global era's defining political dynamics. Editor(s): Spati, Christina. Num Pages: 236 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JPB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
In an increasingly multicultural world, the relationship between language and identity remains a complicated and often fraught subject for most societies. The growing political salience of questions relating to language is evident not only in the expanded implementation of new policies and legislation, but also in heated public debates about national unity, collective identities, and the rights of linguistic minorities. By taking a comprehensive approach that considers both the inclusive and exclusive dimensions of linguistic identity across Europe and North America, the studies assembled here provide a sophisticated look at one of the global era's defining political dynamics.
In an increasingly multicultural world, the relationship between language and identity remains a complicated and often fraught subject for most societies. The growing political salience of questions relating to language is evident not only in the expanded implementation of new policies and legislation, but also in heated public debates about national unity, collective identities, and the rights of linguistic minorities. By taking a comprehensive approach that considers both the inclusive and exclusive dimensions of linguistic identity across Europe and North America, the studies assembled here provide a sophisticated look at one of the global era's defining political dynamics.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782389422
SKU
V9781782389422
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99-15
About Christina Spati (Ed.)
Christina Spati is Associate Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Fribourg and Dean of the Faculty of Historical Sciences at Universitare Fernstudien Schweiz. Her research focuses on language politics in multilingual states, institutional and societal bilingualism, anti-Zionism and antisemitism, and 1968 in Western Europe.
Reviews for Language and Identity Politics: A Cross-Atlantic Perspective
This is a very interesting and well-written volume that brings together a number of theoretical stances on multilingualism as well as empirically grounded case studies. The applied focus of examples from both North America and Europe ensure that the book will not be of interest to only linguists and policy-makers.
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